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Recent Examples of railroads
Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Laguna Conference on Wednesday, Vena pointed to new partnerships between other major North American railroads that have been forged in the wake of the UP-NS mega-merger as an indicator that competition is firmly heating up.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Their grip is not on steel and railroads, but information, which has the capacity to change human existence in fundamental ways.
—Jamie Merisotis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The film — which hails from director Clint Bentley, who also adapted it with Greg Kwedar from Denis Johnson's 2011 novella of the same name — follows the life of a logger named Robert Grainier (Edgerton), who works to install railroads across the continental United States in the early to mid-1900s.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
In fact, the presidents of the Central Pacific and, yes, Union Pacific railroads met in 1869 to drive the final ceremonial rail stake into the ground, connecting the east and west coasts.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The Federal Railroad Administration said that the biggest railroads that deliver more than 90% of the nation’s freight have all been audited on a regular basis.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The giants of Silicon Valley have a lot in common with Laura Ingalls Wilder, who portrayed her life on the prairie as a triumph of self-sufficiency, barely mentioning that the government underwrote the railroads, provided the farmland and tided the family through rough winters.
—Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
In the former camp, the construction of railroads and roads, particularly in Asia, improved connectivity and commercial links between China and its neighbors for travel and trade.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The corridor records more than 540,000 commuter trips on eight railroads and 50,000 on Amtrak’s intercity services each day, according to the Coalition for the Northeast Corridor.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Their grip is not on steel and railroads, but information, which has the capacity to change human existence in fundamental ways.
—Jamie Merisotis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The film — which hails from director Clint Bentley, who also adapted it with Greg Kwedar from Denis Johnson's 2011 novella of the same name — follows the life of a logger named Robert Grainier (Edgerton), who works to install railroads across the continental United States in the early to mid-1900s.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
In fact, the presidents of the Central Pacific and, yes, Union Pacific railroads met in 1869 to drive the final ceremonial rail stake into the ground, connecting the east and west coasts.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The Federal Railroad Administration said that the biggest railroads that deliver more than 90% of the nation’s freight have all been audited on a regular basis.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The giants of Silicon Valley have a lot in common with Laura Ingalls Wilder, who portrayed her life on the prairie as a triumph of self-sufficiency, barely mentioning that the government underwrote the railroads, provided the farmland and tided the family through rough winters.
—Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
In the former camp, the construction of railroads and roads, particularly in Asia, improved connectivity and commercial links between China and its neighbors for travel and trade.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The corridor records more than 540,000 commuter trips on eight railroads and 50,000 on Amtrak’s intercity services each day, according to the Coalition for the Northeast Corridor.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroads
Noun
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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The park itself is open year-round, though some roads and trails close in the winter due to weather.—
Lauren Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is the 5G-era replacement for GSM-R – the dedicated mobile network railways use for train control and operations.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Daxing International Airport is also conveniently connected directly to China’s high-speed railways as well as local Beijing trains, making access to the airport easy.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Railroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroads. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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